1. Who are the people the lord won’t save?

2. We are all sinners Whether we feel sinful or not!

3. I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God? - v9-13

4. I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?
A. Is the gospel invitation selective or universal?

5. Matthew 9:9-13 As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him. While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and “sinners” came and ate with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and ‘sinners’?” On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

6. I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?
1. How did the Law compare with the rest of the world?

7. I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?
1. How did the Law compare with the rest of the world? a. The best moral code.

8. I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?
1. How did the Law compare with the rest of the world? a. The best moral code. b. Jews were the beacon of morality.

9. I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?
2. How were prostitutes viewed by the Jews?

10. I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?
2. How were prostitutes viewed by the Jews? a. Rebellion against clear Bible teachings.

11. I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?
2. How were prostitutes viewed by the Jews? a. Rebellion against clear Bible teachings. b. Tempting godly men to sin.

12. I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?
3. How did the Lord treat people with a bad reputation?

13. I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?
3. How did the Lord treat people with a bad reputation?
John 8:1-11

14. I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?
3. How did the Lord treat people with a bad reputation?
Luke 7:36-56

15. I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?
3. How did the Lord treat people who were different?
Luke 9: And he sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him; but the people there did not welcome him, because he was heading for Jerusalem. When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them? But Jesus turned and rebuked them, and they went to another village.

16. I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?
4. Who were Matthew & his friends?

17. I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?
4. Who were Matthew & his friends? a. Traitors.

18. I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?
4. Who were Matthew & his friends? a. Traitors. b. Crooks, extortionists.

19. I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?
4. Who were Matthew & his friends? a. Traitors. b. Crooks, extortionists. c. Social outcasts.

20. I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?
4. Who were Matthew & his friends?
Matthew 9:10 - While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and “sinners” came and ate with him and his disciples.

21. I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?
4. Who were Matthew & his friends?
Matthew 9:10 - While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and “sinners” came and ate with him and his disciples.
You’ve got to recognize you’re sick before you can call a doctor!

22. I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?
4. Who were Matthew & his friends?
Luke 18:9-14
You’ve got to recognize you’re sick before you can call a doctor!

23. I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?
5. What did the Lord say to each?

24. I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?
5. What did the Lord say to each? a. To the tax collector - “Follow Me!” - v9

25. I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?
5. What did the Lord say to each? a. To the tax collector - “Follow Me!” - v9 b. To the Pharisees - “Go & learn!” - v13

26. I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?
C. Who is accepted in the Kingdom of God?

27. I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?
C. Who is accepted in the Kingdom of God? 1. Those who recognize their lost condition.

28. I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?
C. Who is accepted in the Kingdom of God? 1. Those who recognize their lost condition. 2. Those who are repentant - committed to a different life!

29. I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God?
C. Who is accepted in the Kingdom of God?
3. I’m doing what you should have been doing!
But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners. - v13

30. I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God. - v9-13 II
I. Who is Accepted in the Kingdom of God? - v9-13 II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then? - v14-17

31. Matthew 9:14-17 Then John’s disciples came and asked him, “How is it that we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?” Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast. “No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse. Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”

32. II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?
A. Why fast?

33. II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?
A. Why fast? 1. Physical reasons. a. You can lose weight.

34. II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?
A. Why fast? 1. Physical reasons. a. You can lose weight. b. Clean out toxins in your body.

35. II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?
A. Why fast? 1. Physical reasons. 2. Spiritual/Mental reasons.

36. II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?
A. Why fast?
1. Physical reasons.
2. Spiritual/Mental reasons.
a. Emotionally.
Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast. - v15

37. II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?
A. Why fast? 1. Physical reasons. 2. Spiritual/Mental reasons. a. Emotionally. b. Volitionally (your will).

38. II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?
A. Why fast? 1. Physical reasons. 2. Spiritual/Mental reasons. a. Emotionally. b. Volitionally (your will). c. Mentally.

39. II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?
A. Why fast?
3. When was fasting important in the Bible?
Acts 13:2-3 - While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.

40. II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?
A. Why fast?
3. When was fasting important in the Bible?
Acts 14:23 - Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust.

41. II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?
B. What was the wrong attitude here?

42. II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?
B. What was the wrong attitude here? 1. Legalistic focus on religious demands.

43. II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?
B. What was the wrong attitude here? 2. You can’t mix Christian faith with a legalistic attitude!

44. II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?
B. What was the wrong attitude here?
2. You can’t mix Christian faith with a legalistic attitude!
No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse. - v16

45. II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?
B. What was the wrong attitude here?
2. You can’t mix Christian faith with a legalistic attitude!
Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved. - v17

46. II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?
C. Examples of legalism vs. love.
1. The “Defiling My Body” issue.
I Corinthians 6: Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.

47. II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?
1. The “Defiling My Body” issue. a. The legalistic attitude. - Worship the right way - on the right day.

48. II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?
1. The “Defiling My Body” issue. a. The legalistic attitude. - Worship the right way - on the right day. - Abstain from the world.

49. II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?
1. The “Defiling My Body” issue. a. The legalistic attitude. - Worship the right way - on the right day. - Abstain from the world. - Evangelize (at least one a day).

50. II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?
1. The “Defiling My Body” issue. a. The legalistic attitude. God will not accept you unless you conform completely to His standards!

51. II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?
1. The “Defiling My Body” issue. b. The love attitude. - Don’t hinder my life witness.

52. II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?
1. The “Defiling My Body” issue. b. The love attitude. - Don’t hinder my life witness. - Out of gratitude for the cross & love for others, I want to get the most effective response for my witness!

53. II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?
2. The “Getting to Heaven” issue.

54. II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?
2. The “Getting to Heaven” issue. a. The legalistic attitude - what can I get away with & still get in?

55. II. What Should Your Attitude Be Then?
2. The “Getting to Heaven” issue. a. The legalistic attitude - what can I get away with & still get in? b. The love attitude: What can I sacrifice to show my appre- ciation to God?

56. God accepts you just as you are sin & all
God accepts you just as you are sin & all! But - He accepts you with a repentant attitude. That way, He can begin conforming you to the image of His Son!